英语词汇“parenthesis”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

parenthesis

/pəˈrɛnθɪsɪs

noun (plural parentheses /pəˈrɛnθɪsiːz/)

1A word or phrase inserted as an explanation or afterthought into a passage which is grammatically complete without it, in writing usually marked off by brackets, dashes, or commas: in a challenging parenthesis, Wordsworth comments on the evil effects of contemporary developments...

The practice in writing and print of using a set of marks to regulate texts and clarify their meanings, principally by separating or linking words, phrases, and clauses, and by indicating parentheses and asides.
Even if the subordinate clauses open up a parenthesis that seems to last for ever, they do close, eventually, in a completed thought.
The parentheses in that sentence are meant to be tongue-in-cheek, and that's really the tone I was aiming for there: a straightforward description with a little bit of irony added.

1.1 (parentheses) A pair of round brackets ( ) used to mark off a parenthetical word or phrase: the stage number is added in parentheses to the name or formula...

Similarly, if the sentence about snow were named with the numeral 88 inside a pair of parentheses, then would be true just in case it is snowing.
Candidates' membership in chapters may be longer than 10 years, but only dates 10 years back are included in parentheses following an activity.
The gene markers included in parentheses were not mapped in our backcross; rather, approximate locations of these markers were deduced from other genetic maps.

2An interlude or interval: the three months of coalition government were a lamentable political parenthesis...

Was it an interlude, a parenthesis, a hiccup, an embarrassment, or a beginning?
As political correctness irons out the parenthesis of prejudice, there will always be a special, sour dispensation for Bismark's baby; hating the Hun is perhaps the only thing that truly emulsifies the rest of us.

Phrases

in parenthesis

Origin

Mid 16th century: via late Latin from Greek, from parentithenai 'put in beside'.

单词	parenthesis
释义	parenthesis /pəˈrɛnθɪsɪs / noun (plural parentheses /pəˈrɛnθɪsiːz/) 1A word or phrase inserted as an explanation or afterthought into a passage which is grammatically complete without it, in writing usually marked off by brackets, dashes, or commas: in a challenging parenthesis, Wordsworth comments on the evil effects of contemporary developments... The practice in writing and print of using a set of marks to regulate texts and clarify their meanings, principally by separating or linking words, phrases, and clauses, and by indicating parentheses and asides. Even if the subordinate clauses open up a parenthesis that seems to last for ever, they do close, eventually, in a completed thought. The parentheses in that sentence are meant to be tongue-in-cheek, and that's really the tone I was aiming for there: a straightforward description with a little bit of irony added. 1.1 (parentheses) A pair of round brackets ( ) used to mark off a parenthetical word or phrase: the stage number is added in parentheses to the name or formula... Similarly, if the sentence about snow were named with the numeral 88 inside a pair of parentheses, then would be true just in case it is snowing. Candidates' membership in chapters may be longer than 10 years, but only dates 10 years back are included in parentheses following an activity. The gene markers included in parentheses were not mapped in our backcross; rather, approximate locations of these markers were deduced from other genetic maps. 2An interlude or interval: the three months of coalition government were a lamentable political parenthesis... Was it an interlude, a parenthesis, a hiccup, an embarrassment, or a beginning? As political correctness irons out the parenthesis of prejudice, there will always be a special, sour dispensation for Bismark's baby; hating the Hun is perhaps the only thing that truly emulsifies the rest of us. Phrases in parenthesis Origin Mid 16th century: via late Latin from Greek, from parentithenai 'put in beside'.
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